Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16787, Samuel Farington, Continental Mass. Privateer

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass. Privateer
Farington, Samuel Farrington or
S. 16787
Carded
CONTENTS

New York - Ulica Agency
Samuel Farington of Oneida Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Warner of the Reg't commanded by Col Knox in the Mass'ts Militia line for 8 months & continental & Pensions
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of April 1834 and sent to R. Judson Esq. Vernon Spg
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 $ 89.98 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 4 '34 13.33 $ 103.31
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam H. Page Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 2

Samuel Farrington Supplemental papers for pension
R. Judson atty & agt
Vernon, Okmulgee Co (W.D.)

Supplemental declaration of Samuel Farrington in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
State of New York }
Onida County p: }
Samuel Farrington of the Town of Augusta in the County of being duly sworn further saith that he is the same Samuel Farrington mentioned in the declaration accompanying this affidavit that deponent's statement in the foregoing declaration by him subscribed was taken down by John Jay Kinnaman Esq. and that said Kinnaman made a mistake in the said twelve months service as this deponent distinctly recollects of stating to said Kinnaman that on the third day after the battle at Lexington to wit on the 20 th day of April 1775 this deponent enlisted in same company before stated under Capt. John Jones for eight months and served until the 20 th of March 1776. at Cambridge near Boston - and this deponent further saith that the words about or thereabouts were suggested by said Kinnaman as deponent believes - And deponent further saith that during the one year of the service of this deponent mentioned in said declaration commencing on the first day of April 1774 and ending on the first day of April 1775. This deponent was not engaged in any civil pursuit or other affairs but in actual service at Pittstown, Worcester County, Mass. And deponent further saith that as to the eight months service mentioned in said declaration, commencing on the fifth day of March 1776. This deponent saith that he intended to state and now states that he enlisted the 20 th day of March 1776 11 months 1 year

8 mo
and served as such soldier until the 25 th day of May 1776. When deponent was appointed Deputy Quarter Master as mentioned in said declaration of this deponent. That deponent served as such deputy quarter master as mentioned in said declaration from until the twenty fifth day of November 1776
8 day
That this deponent served on said Privateer ship
2 years
8 days - That on the 15 th of June 1778 this de-
Claims pension for no on 44.9.8
ponent enlisted as a waggoner as mentioned in said declaration and served until 15 th June 1780 as mentioned in said declaration making in all four years, seven months & eight days which deponent served as mentioned in said declaration, for which this deponent claims a pension. That this deponent neglected to state in said declaration that he was acquainted with Philip P. Brown clergyman & Ira Hart farmer who deponent believed could certify testify to deponent's character for truth and veracity belief of service & age, but deponent is well acquainted with said Brown & Hart & believes they could so certify, & for further particular deponent refers to said declaration hereto fore subscribed & sworn to by him & further saith not, the word "certify" interlined & "testify" erased before signing
Subscribed & sworn to this 4 th day of September 1833
before me
Samuel Harrington
John P. Sherwood Justice Peace

State of New York } Oneida County ss. }
I George Brown clerk of the said County do certify that John P. Sherwood before whom the foregoing affidavit of Samuel Farrington purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Oneida; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and very believe his name subscribed to the foregoing affidavit of said Farrington, to be his proper handwriting and signature, witness my hand and seal of office at Utica in said County this 5 day of September 1833
Geo Brown Clerk
J. B. Read Dep. Clk

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Samuel Farrington Application for Pension A.D. 1832 -
John H. H. H.
Agent H. H. H.
Oneida County
NY
payable at U.S. Br Brk at Utica NY.
R. Hudson atty & agent Vernon Village Oneida Co (NY)

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832 -
State of New York
Oneida County ss. On the fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Personally appeared before Nathan Williams, Vice Chancellor of the Fifth Circuit, in the Court of Oyer and terminer of the State of New York, in open court, now sitting, at Utica Oneida County Thomas Harrington a resident of the Town of Augusta in said County of Oneida and State aforesaid aged seventy eight years and seven months and  days who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he the Deponent was seventy eight years of age on the 27th day of February last past. That he was born in the Town of Dedham in the County of Suffolk in the State of Massachusetts and that he believes his birth was registered or recorded in a Book kept by the clerk of the said Town of Dedham on or after the said 27th day of February 1754. This Deponent further saith that in about the year 1772 the Deponent went from said Dedham to Princeton in the County of Worcester in said State of Massachusetts to render service at his trade as a Joiner & Carpenter. That afterwards on about the first day of April 1774 the Deponent enlisted as a Minute Man in a Company of Volunteers attached to the State Service commanded by Joseph Warren (after the Battle of Bunker Hill commanded by Genl. Sullivan) which said Company of Volunteers was then commanded

by Captain Bony Mores, and Lieutenant John Jones (who was afterwards made Captain) who enlisted this Deponent at Princeton aforesaid for the term of one year. This Deponent further saith that he was always during the year for which he enlisted ready to do his duty, and did with the said Company consisting of about 50 or sixty men do drill duty in the afternoon of each & every Saturday at the alarm post in front of the Princeton meeting house during the year following his said enlistment and until the first day of April 1775. This Deponent further saith that in the latter part of April in the year A.D. 1775 this Deponent enlisted in the same Company under the said John Jones who had been made Captain of the said Company for and during an other term consisted of one year and was in said company as a soldier at Cambridge near Boston on the twentieth day of April 1775, and continued at Cambridge for about eleven months following, and did do fatigue and Military duty in said Company as a soldier for and during the said eleven months at Cambridge aforesaid or there abouts in building repairing & keeping in repair the fort and making Baracks & under his enlistment and as a soldier belonging to said Company &c.
This Deponent further saith that on a about the twenty fifth day of March in the year A.D. 1778 this Deponent at Roxbury near Boston enlisted in a Company of Artillery Commanded by Captain William Stevens attached to a corps under the command of

Colonel or General Knapp who was under the Command of General Gates, and this Deponent says that he did Military duty as a soldier in said company commanded by said Stevens until the latter part of May or the forepart of June following when at Ticonderoga the said Stevens was made Major of the Artillery Corps or acted as such, and when this De- ponent under a Warrant made or procured by said Stevens acted as a Deputy Quarter Master, and this Deponent further saith 8 Mo that he acted as Deputy Quarter Master under said Warrant as aforesaid for all of eight months following on or about Month Independence near Ticonderoga, during which time there were about four Com- panies of Artillery stationed there, under the Command of Colonel or General Knapp when in the latter part of the year A.D. 1770 this Deponent was honorably discharged from further duty, in writing by General Gates at the fort in Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, That with said discharge this Deponent left Ticonderoga for Boston and arrived there soon after I bought a Yoke of Oxen and a horse & wagon and soon thereafter at Boston this Deponent fell in company with one Capt. Manly who commanded a rivet in the service of the Americans and this Deponent with John Smith, Jacob Smith, John Johnson, Jacob Johnson, John Harris, Abijah Crane, and others one hundred in number insisted & volunteered to go on Board of said rivet & did so, and this Deponent with the crew went

from Boston two years for several days a- providing that on his return with his portion of a prize money he purchased a team & waggon with which he went soon thereafter into the American service at Boston having enlisted as a wagoner in during the war by a person who was or acted as Wagon Master General at Boston in the continental service, that this De- ponent does not now recollect the name of the person under by whom he was so enlisted as wagoner but this Deponent saith that soon after his said enlistment he received a warrant from the same person who enlisted him as last aforesaid appointing this Deponent one of the Wagon Master Sergeants to serve as such in said war that within a fortnight or three weeks thereafter this Deponent employed James Gay, Luke Dean, Moses Draper and about nine others whose names this Deponent can not recollect with their teams about twelve in number to carry provisions Ammunition and Military Stores from Boston the commissary store in Boston to the commissary in Albany in the State of New York, that this Deponent with said teamsters teams & property and a sergeant, a corporal & twelve privates to guard the left Boston and arrived at Albany and left with a person who acted as commissary in said service at Albany, the same property (whose name this Deponent can not recollect) the said Military Stores & property & took from him a receipt of the same at Albany aforesaid this Deponent discharged the teamsters and dismissed the guard, and returned to Boston This Deponent further saith - This Deponent further saith that he remained in said service as Deputy Wagon Master for two years from his enlistment during which time he made his residence at Boston but from time to time & many times this

Deponent was sent by the person who gave him the said Warrant to different parts of the continent in the service of the Americans as opposed with teams and always had at his command a guard of the Army sufficient to protect the property put under his charge as Deputy Wagon Master during the continuance of the said war when in the year 1783 this Deponent left the said service -
This Deponent further saith that soon after peace was declared he went to Dedham and from thence to Washington New Hampshire where this Deponent remained for about twenty years and laboured as a Carpenter and Joiner and from thence this Deponent moved in to the Town of Augusta in said County of Oneida where he now resides and has resided since - That about Eighteen or Nineteen years since the Dwelling house of this Deponent was destroyed by fire, and this deponent saith that about all his personal property was burnt in said house together with the said Discharge given by General Gates & the Warrant as Wagon Master & the Warrant as Deputy Quarter Master together with other papers & Memoranda wholly destroyed and this deponent hath no other papers or Memoranda in his possession or control on the subject and there are no persons whose testimony he can procure to prove his claim.
This Deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed } the day and year aforesaid }
J. W. Williams
Will Chandler
Sam l T. Fairry

WE Philip P. Brown — a clergyman residing in the town of Augusta in the County of Oneida and State of New York, and Richard Hart of the  town of  Augusta  in said county. — hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Harrington who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about twenty five years and over of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Philip P. Brown
Sworn and subscribed the 11 th day of September 1832.
Ina Hart
before me
M c Williams
not Chanc.
Ina Hart sworn before me
on the day of January
1833.
M c Williams not Chanc.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Philip P. Brown who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Augusta County of Oneida and that Ina Hart who has also signed the same is a resident in the said Town of Augusta aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
M c Williams
not Chanc.

I James Watson Williams Clerk of the High Chancellor of the fifth circuit in the Court of Chancery of the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court Harrington for a petition
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fifth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
J Watson Williams Clerk in Chancery

Revolutionary admitted 1832 2 Suspended Claim Sam. Farrington
New York
No proof beyond the allowance - The leg of state of Mass. may have part of the 8 mo. sec - tion in 75 & in 76 under large Prov. Jones -

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Oneida } Willard G.
Be it known that before me
Cummings a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Sally Hunt aged 74 years, who being duly cautioned and
then sworn in due form of law, states that she is the daughter of Samuel Harrington who was a revolutionary† soldier in the State of New York and that he died on the third day of September 1837 and that her mother, named Elizabeth died on the 8th day of March 1831 and that they were married on the 10th day of June in the year 1776 and that they were residents of Augusta in the State of New York and that they resided there fifty years, and that she resides in Albany Oneida Co and that furthermore
BY THESE
PRESENTS , constitutes, appoints, and fully empowers and authorizes, irrevocably and with powers of substitution, F. E. HASSLER, of Washington city, D. C., as her true and lawful Attorney for her and in her name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government and State officers her rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land that may be due her as one of the heirs of Samuel Harrington who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law she may be entitled.
In witness whereof, she has on this 17th day December 1852, hereunto signed her name, and affixed her seal.
Sally Hunt Mark
Witness: J. C. Knapp Witness: Nathan S. Lupton
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that she has always by the community been known as the daughter of Samuel Harrington
Dated on this 17th day of December 1852.
Willard G. Cummings J. P.
STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Oneida } to wit:
I hereby certify, That Willard G. Cummings Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of Oneida County Court, this 21 day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty two
Alexander Rae Clerk.
* If a Widow applies, state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband." † State under what act pensioned, or when pension commenced, if a pensioner—and amount of pension.
True copies

23.325
Samuel Harrington
Oneida county New York
Miss C. D. Bangs, Sept 22, 1833
Mr. Harrington
Call on Roswell Judson Esq. Vernon Village - He will correct the papers -
Oneida Co. N.Y.
Admitted Private 8 months
Roswell Judson Esq. Vernon, Co. of Oneida New York
John H. Hunsicker Oneida Co. N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 23 — 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Farnington, Greenwich, New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Volunteer private Capt Warner Capt Jones Cambridge 78   1775 1 11 Capt Stevens Col Knox Ticonderoga Burgoyne Benedict Waterloo Harp. Tradition   Resisted 1776 { 2 6 artilleryman 2.2 M   No year stated for this enlistment X  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
X enlisted for the war as a wagoner and in that capacity served upwards of two years. As Deputy Quartermaster he had a great deal of his command to protect the public property and to move it from place to place.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this            day of            personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of            in the county of            and State, Territory or District of            aged (c)            years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)            , with            and served in the            (e) regiment of the            line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I            of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of            for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of            &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the            and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with            , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,            Clerk of the Court of            do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this            day of            &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person.
Handwritten notes: B. ... Dale Applying to E. D. ... of the ... of the ... Dale

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
Corrected
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
Corrected
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forthwith in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
There were no enlisted men in 1832 for 12 mos. service. It cannot be really admitted that the alleged is insusceptible of proof. A claimant is required by the regulations to produce the best evidence in their power. J. E. Bradburn

Samuel Farrington Pension Papers
Roswell Judson Agents Atty Vernon (NY)

Department Pension Office March 27 '34
Sir
The papers relating to the claim of Samuel Far- rington have again been examined. The team service alleged is not provided for by the Act of June 7 th 1832 no service of that description can be allowed, unless performed under an enlistment in a corps of Conti- nental Troops organized under an Act of Congress passed long after the period at which the service in question commenced. The private service is also unprovided for by the Act. There is no evidence in the Department, that any part of Sioux Artillery were at Sycamore at the time the service in that corps is stated to have been performed, therefore if that part of the claim is persisted in proof must be produced to support it. On a relinquishment of all claim under the act of June 7 th 1832 except for eight months service the claimant will be allowed a pension for that term. The case is suspended and the papers placed on file
I am very respectfully your obed Servt
J. L. Edwards
Respectful Lucas E. Ely Vernon N. York

Supplemental declaration of Samuel Farrington in order to obtain a pension under the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York } ss: Onondaga County }
Samuel Farrington of the town of Augusta in said County being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he has read the foregoing letter from the Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, directed to Rowell Judson Esq., bearing date at the War Department, Pension Office March 27 th 34, and deponent saith that he is the same identical Samuel Farrington mentioned in said letter; and deponent further saith that not having any further evidence in relation to his services at Leon deroga under Genl. Knox, he has concluded to waive all claims to a pension except for the eight months mentioned in said letter; and deponent doth hereby relinquish all claim to a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832 except for eight months

16787 INVALID.
File No. 16787
James Harrington
Pris Rev No.
Act: June 7 th 87
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 121
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 14-1901 Mr. Cornelius O'Callaghan Winona Minn.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan y 14 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Sam l Harrington, as a private, is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. John Jones' Company, in Col. Eph d Dootittle's Regt. where he is allowed from April 27 th to the 3 rd of August 1775, for services and travel, three Months and twelve days, . . . . . m d 3 12 Sam l Harrington claims for further services under Capt. John Jones in 1775, and for services under Capt. W m Stevens, in 1776, as a Quarter Master's Deputy, and afterwards as a Waggoner, during the War. But the rolls for the services which he describes are not found in this Office.
82. N.
Edward D. Bangs Secy

Sam. Harrington
Relinquishes
8 mo.
W.P.
18 April 36
Emerson before
for the partnership
Emerson Office
John

Sam L. Harrington Relinquishes 8 mos. W.R. 18 April 30 Pension papers } War department Pension Office Hon. [Signature]

J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Vernon, Onida County 13 th Apr 1834
Hon. Sir
Enclosed I again forward you the relinquishment of Samuel Farrington of all claim for a pension under the act. June 7 th 1832 except for 8 months services. Mr. Farrington is desirous of drawing his money at the U.S. Br Bk at Utica (NY) as he resides near Utica. It is hoped that your Honor will find it convenient to forward the pension certificate soon, as the applicant is quite poor and has a needy family depending on his services for support.
I remain Your ob t . Servt
Hon. C. S. Edwards
Roswell Hudson
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New York Returned Feb. 8. 1834
Swain Papers
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commonwealth Attorney War Department Pension Office Washington

Pension Papers New York Returns Feb. 17. 8. 1834
Hon. S. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions War Department Pension Office Washington

Hon d Sir
Inclosed is the result of the examination at the office of the Secretary of Mass: as you directed, and hope the paper after so long an investigation will meet your approbation
Your obt. Servt
R. Judson
Hon J. L. Edwards
1 st Feby. 1834

W N + M U B
E. O. HOLLAND AD-WRIGHT 276 CENTER STREET
OLD MAR 42 JUN 11 1901
WINONA, MINN. June 7 190 1
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - Will you kindly furnish me with a record of service rendered by Samuel Harrington my great-great grandfather (born in Vermont I think.)
I would like the record furnished by him in his original application for a pension for service done in the Revolutionary War.
He drew a pension as long as he lived. It is necessary to obtain this information in order that I may establish my claim to join the D.A.R.
An early answer will greatly oblige
Yours Sincerely (Mrs! Ernest O. Holland)
276 Center St.